# News quiz: midterms, Vance and Heidi Klum

> NPR's weekly news quiz tests your knowledge of the week's events, from election talk to Halloween costumes.
- Title: News quiz: midterms, Vance and Heidi Klum · NPR | Shortify
- Summary: NPR's weekly news quiz tests your knowledge of the week's events, from election talk to Halloween costumes.
- Keywords: jd vance, 2026 midterms, heidi klum, pope leo xiv, kennedy center honors, news quiz, NPR
- Source: NPR — https://npr.org/2026/11/06/g-s1-152045/news-quiz-midterms-vance-pope-kennedy-center
- Published: 2026-11-06T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: jd vance, 2026 midterms, heidi klum, pope leo xiv, kennedy center honors, news quiz, news
## Vance and the midterms
JD Vance made a statement about why his side lost the midterms. The quiz asks readers to fill in what he blamed for the defeat.
## Klum's Halloween costume
Heidi Klum dressed as a severed hand for Halloween. The quiz includes this celebrity moment among its weekly news questions.
## This week's quiz topics
The quiz covers Pope Leo the Fourteenth, a stroke, democratic socialists, country music and the Kennedy Center Honors alongside the midterms.
## Key takeaway

NPR's news quiz covers the week's top stories, including JD Vance's comments on the midterms and celebrity news.